The IPv6 Forum Launches

BOUNDv6

WORLD IPv6 INTERNET

Accelerating
adoption of the NEW INTERNET

NEW HAMPSHIRE- USA - TOKYO –
BEIJING - LUXEMBOURG, September 7, 2011– The IPv6 Forum launches
the son of Moonv6 http://www.moonv6.org/which wasinitiated byJim
Bound(†2009)back in 2004 as the largest permanently deployed multi-vendor IPv6 network in the worldled by the North American IPv6 Task Force and the University
of New Hampshire - InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), Internet2, vendors, service providers and regional
IPv6 Forum Task Force network pilots worldwide.

The goal of the Boundv6
network is to create a permanent multi-vendor network environment connecting
initially IPv6 ready logo approved labs and USG approved labs where the
community can test IPv6 enabled applications and devices in meaningful test
scenarios which will form the base of the NEW INTERNET.

Boundv6is
targeted at Government and critical networks, Enterprise, ISPs and Apps
Developers. The biggest challenge will be
that all implementations will beencouragedto have security built-in on all tested cases.

Boundv6
is supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
and the US Government Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN).

"The Boundv6 effort will form an important adjunct to the USGv6
product testing program in helping Government agencies achieve their 2012 and 2014
IPv6 deployment mandates. NIST hopes to facilitate broader USG
participation and use of the BoundV6 network to perform vital integration
testing of the IPv6 enabled services necessary to achieve these goals." states Doug Montgomery, Manager
Internet and Scalable Systems Research and USGv6 Project Lead, National
Institute of Standards and Technology.

“IPv6 is ready for prime time,
but some business models and applications are not ready for IPv6. Boundv6
presents a great opportunity for validation and testing for the next phase of
implementations.” statesRon Broersma, Chief Engineer, Defence
Research and Engineering Network (DREN)

“IPv6 should be
deployed “native” to sustain the current Internet business models worldwide.
Boundv6 will lay a permanent ground for parity check of the current business
models.”states Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum, Senior Researcher at
University of Luxembourg, Security and Trust (SnT) Center. Emeritus Trustee,
Internet Society (ISOC)

"Creating opportunities
and discovering new ways to test IPv6 is important to the progression and
transition process. The Boundv6 Network will enable the IPv6 industry to
collaborate with labs and other participating vendors in order to ensure high
quality of services and connectivity." states Erica Johnson, Lead of the Boundv6 Project,
Director, UNH-IOL, IPv6 Ready Logo Regional Officer, IPv6 Forum Fellow, USA

“BII participated in Moonv6 and won tremendous
experience from it. Boundv6 will scale our experience to the next level”states Liu Dong, Chair China IPv6 Council and Chair IPv6
enabled Program

“CHTTL IPv6 Testing Lab is happy to see Boundv6 Test Network take the IPv6
world to the next level. We will move on with Boundv6 Test Network to stay
connected with the world IPv6 communities.” statesChih-Cheng
Tsao at CHT-TL, IPv6 Ready Logo Regional Officer, Taiwan

“One
of first steps in deploying IPv6 is procurement process and accurate specification
of our IPv6 requirements when buying ICT equipment. Uniform test procedures,
tools and interconnected IPv6 labs, that BOUNDv6 project is aiming to bring us
around the world are big step forward in order to make universal deployment of
IPv6 faster and easier.”states Jan Zorz, IPv6 Ready Logo
Regional Officer, co-Founder go6, RIPE-501
co-author, Slovenia

"As one of the current IPv6 Ready testing centers, and a
participant in World IPv6 Day, InfoWeapons applauds this initiative as a
fitting tribute to one of the pioneers in IPv6, Jim Bound. World IPv6 Day
established that major content providers and distribution channels could offer
their services over IPv6 with no serious issues, dispelling some nagging myths
that there would be problems for some users if they did. We need to build on
that momentum to light up more and more of the Second Internet (based on IPv6)
helping it fulfil its vast potential. BOUNDv6 will provide a permanent,
on-going worldwide test bed to allow vendors to test and demonstrate their IPv6
products and services for more than a single day. We are willing to contribute
free licenses of some of our key products, including SolidWall (tm) and
SolidDNS (tm) to the organizations that will run the BOUNDv6 network, adding
IPv6-Ready certified firewall, IPsec based VPN, as well as dual stack DNS and
DNSSEC to help create a safe, stable foundation for this important new
facility. We are working with the IPv6 Forum to make sure this network meets
the highest standards of IPv6 compliance, with full security. We take the
challenge and leadership to make IPv6 secure." states Lawrence Hughes, IPv6 Ready Logo Regional
Officer, Philippines

About the IPv6 Forum:The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide
consortium of leading vendors, Internet service vendors, National research
& Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to
promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and
secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to
knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide
technical guidance for the deployment of interoperability thru its IPv6 Ready
& Enabled Logo Programs :www.ipv6ready.org &http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/